The Praise to the Twenty-One Taras

འཕགས་མ་སྒྲོལ་མའི་རྩ་བའི་སྔགས་ཀྱི་བསྟོད་ཅིང་ཕྱག་འཚལ་བ་ཉི་ཤུ་རྩ་གཅིག་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ།

This gallery contains The Praise to the Twenty-One Taras in both Tibetan and English languages. Each stanza corresponds to the particular Tara emanation whose image is displayed alongside the praise. This beautiful artwork was created by Anna Zhuranskaya for The Smile of Sun and Moon.

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1. Nyurma Pamo

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Noble Lady Nyurma Pamo Homage, Tara, quick one, Heroine whose eyes flash like lightening, Born from the opening corolla of the lotus face Of the lord of the triple world.

2. Loter Yangchenma

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Noble Lady Loter Yangchenma Homage, Mother whose face is filled With the light of an array of a hundred full autumn moons, Shining with the brilliant open light Of the hosts of a thousand stars.

3. Sonam Tobched

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Noble Lady Sonam Tobched Homage, Mother, golden one, Her hand adorned with a blue lotus, Whose field of practice is generosity, effort, Austerity, calm, acceptance, and meditation.

4. Tsugtor Namgyalma

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Noble Lady Tsugtor Namgyalma Homage, Crown of Tathagata, Her actions endlessly victorious, Venerated by the sons of the conqueror Who have attained every single perfection.

5. Rigjed Lhamo

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Noble Lady Rigjed Lhamo Homage, Mother, filling all regions, sky and the realm of desire With the sounds of TUTTARA and HUM, Trampling the seven worlds with her feet, Able to summon all before her.

6. Jigjed Chenmo

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Noble Lady Jigjed Chenmo Homage, Mother, worshipped by Indra, Agni, Brahma, By Marut and different mighty ones. Honored by the hosts of spirits, of yakshas, Of gandharvas and the walking dead.

7. Zhengyi Mithubma

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Noble Lady Zhengyi Mithubma Homage, Mother, destroying the magical devices of outsiders With the sounds of TRET and PHAT, Trampling with her right leg bent and the left extended, Ablaze with a raging wildfire.

8. Zhen Migyalwa'i Pamo

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Noble Lady Zhen Migyalwa'i Pamo Homage, TURE, terrible lady, Who annihilates the warriors of Mara, Slaying all enemies with a frown Of wrath on her lotus face.

9. Sengdeng Nagchi Drolma

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Noble Lady Sengdeng Nagchi Drolma Homage, Mother, her hand adorns her heart In a mudra that symbolizes the Three Jewels. Adorned with the universal wheel, She radiates turbulent light.

10. Jigten Sumle Gyalma

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Noble Lady Jigten Sumle Gyalma Homage, Joyful Mother, whose brilliant diadem Spreads out garlands of light, Subjugating Mara and the world With mocking, laughing TUTTARA.

11. Norter Drolma

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Noble Lady Norter Drolma Homage, Mother, able to summon before her All the hosts of protectors of the earth. Moving her frowning brows, she saves From all poverty by the sound of HUM.

12. Tashi Donjed

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Noble Lady Tashi Donjed Homage, Mother, whose diadem Is a crescent moon, blazing with all her ornaments, Ever shining with the brilliant light Of Amitabha in her piled hair.

13. Yulle Gyaljed

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Noble Lady Yulle Gyaljed Homage, Mother, residing amidst the garland that blazes Like the fire at the end of the world era, Right leg extended, left bent, encompassed by joy, Annihilating hosts of enemies.

14. Tronyerchen

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Noble Lady Tronyerchen Homage, Mother, who hits the earth with the palm of her hand, Who pounds on it with her feet. Frowning wrathfully, she shatters The seven underworlds by the sound of HUM.

15. Rabzhima

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Noble Lady Rabzhima Homage, Mother, blissful, virtuous, calm, Whose field of activity is peaceful nirvana, Endowed with the true perfection of SVAHA and OM, Destroying great evils.

16. Rigngag Tobjom

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Noble Lady Rigngag Tobjom Homage, Mother, encompassed by joy, Who shatters the bodies of enemies, Saviouress manifesting from the rigpa of HUM, Arraying the sounds of the ten-syllable mantra.

17. Pagme Nonma

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Noble Lady Pagme Nonma Homage, TURE, stamping her feet, Whose seed syllable appears in the form of HUM, Shaking Mount Meru, Mandara, Binduchal, And the triple world.

18. Maja Chenmo

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Noble Lady Maja Chenmo Homage, Mother, holding the rabbit-marked moon, Which is like a heavenly lake, Dispelling all poison with the sound of PHAT And the twice spoken TARA.

19. Dugkarmo

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Noble Lady Dugkarmo Homage, Mother, served by the ruler of the hosts of gods, By gods and kimnaras, Dispelling conflicts and bad dreams With her armor of joy and splendor.

20. Ritod Loma Jonma

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Noble Lady Ritod Loma Jonma Homage, Mother, whose two eyes Are the sun and full moon, shining with brilliant light, Who dispels deadly disease With TUTTARA and twice-spoken HARA.

21. Lhamo Odzer Chenma

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Noble Lady Lhamo Odzer Chenma Homage, Mother, endowed with the power to pacify By the array of the three natural states, Destroying the hosts of evil spirits, yakshas and the walking dead, TURE, most excellent Mother.